Checkrein worker and hook



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CHE-GK REIN WORKER A ND HOOK.

No. 477,549. Patented June 21, 1892.

WITNESSES: 0 l5 43 @M. 0 =1 Xdyzmey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER'KENNEDY, OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.

CHECKREIN WORKER AND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,549, dated June 21,1892.

Application filed December 29, 1891. Serial No. 416,447. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER KENNEDY, of Brunswick, in the countyof Glynnand State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Checkrein Workerand Hook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in harness attachments; and theobject of my invention is to produce a simple device which may beapplied to any harness and used in connection with any ordinarycheekrein and which will enable the driver of a horse to check oruncheck the horse without leaving the carriage and with the greatestpossible case.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 shows the invention as applied to a horse. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail sectional view of the apparatus, and Fig. 3 is a brokenplan view of the same.

The device is used as a substitute for the ordinary check-hook, and thepart which is attached to the saddle is provided with a baseplate 10,which is fixed to the tree of the saddle 11 and which terminates at itsfront end in upwardly-extending parallel side arms 12, in which arepivoted rollers 13, the rollers being placed one above another andserving as guides for the operating-rein, as hereinafter described. Onthe rear end of the plate 10 and in alignment with the arm 12 is akeeper 14, in which is pivoted a curved rearwardly-extending pawl 15,the pawl beingpivotcd in the upper portion of the keeper, as shown at 16in Fig. 2, and having its top and upper front portion closed, as shownat 17, which closure has no particular function, but renders the devicemore attractive in appearance. In the lower portion of the pawl, whichis an open one, is pivoted a roller 15, which projects beneath the pawland enables the latter to ride easily on the operating-rein withoutinjury to the latter. The lower edge 18 of the pawl is adapted to engagea catch or shoulder-plate 1.), which is firmly riveted to theoperatingrein 20, which rein extends backward through a keeper 21 on theback strap of the harness and into the carriage to which the horse ishitched. The operatingrein 20 extends forward through the keeper 14 andbeneath the pawl 15 and between the guide-rollers 13, the front end ofthe rein terminating in a link 22, by means of which it connects withthe cheekrein 23, which cheekrein is mounted on the bridle and connectedwith the bits in the usual manner, and it will be understood that theoperatingrein may be connected with any cheekrein.

It will be seen that this device maybe used on any harness, .and themechanism is intended as a substitute for the ordinary checkhook.

The operation of the device is as follows: lVe will suppose that thehorse is checked and the apparatus in the position shown in Fig. 2, withthe lower edge of the pawl 15 engaging the catch 19 on theoperating-rein 20. If the horse is to be unchecked, so as to permit himto drink or graze or for any other reason, the rein 20 is pulledbackward, thus raising the pawl 15," and the rein is then slowlyloosened, but kept partially taut, so that the pawl will ride lightly onthe rein 20, the roller 15 bearing upon the rein, and in this way thecatch 19 may pass beneath the pawl,thus giving the horse the free use ofhis head. the horse is unchecked and the driver desires to check him,the rein 20 is pulled back until the catch 19 passes the lower edge ofthe pawl 15, and then by quickly loosening the rein, so as to preventany strain from coming on the pawl, the pawl will drop to place, and byengaging the catch 19 will hold the horse checked.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cheekrein Worker and hook, a baseprovided at its forward end with astationary strap-guide, anupward-projecting stationary keeper on the base in rear of thestrap-guide, and an upwardly and rearwardly swinging pawl pivoted at itsupper end to the keeper and extending at its lower end into a planelowerthan that occupied by the strap-guide, substantially as described.

2. In a cheekrein worker and hook, abasc provided at its forward endwith an upwardprojeeting stationary strap-guide, and a stationary keeperextending upward from the base in rearof the guide and provided with anupwardly and rearwardlyswinging pawl having an anti-friction rollerprojecting below its lower end and in a plane lower than that of 1 thesaid guide to engageastrap, substantially as set forth.

3. A eheckrein worker and hook consisting in a base provided at itsforward end with an upwardly-extending stationary strap-guide,,astationary keeper projecting upwardly from k the base in rear of thestrap-guide, a pawl pivoted at its upper end in the keeper to swingupwardly and rearwardly at its lower end, said lower end being in alower plane than the strap-guide, and a oheekrein-strap extendingthrough the guide downwardly and rearwardly through the keeper under thesaid pawl and provided on its upper side with a catch or projectionengaging the rear face of the lower end of the pawl, substantially asset forth.

OLIVER KENNEDY. Witnesses:

JAMEs MITCHELL, WILLIAM J. SALLENS.

